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Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947

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Meredith Nicholson (1866–1947) was a best-selling Indiana author, a politician, and a diplomat.

Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.

He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James W. Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:

  • The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
  • The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
  • A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)

In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

Selected bibliography

  • Nicholson, Meredith (1891). Short Flights. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill. OCLC 4127041. 
  • Nicholson, Meredith (1905). The House of a Thousand Candles. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 169496. 
  • Nicholson, Meredith (1907). The Port of Missing Men. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 999440. 
  • Nicholson, Meredith (1912). A Hoosier Chronicle. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.. OCLC 36827854. 

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Post Wheeler
United States Minister to Paraguay
30 October 1933–3 February 1935
Succeeded by
Findley B. Howard
Preceded by
George R. Summerlin
United States Minister to Venezuela
April 22, 1935–April 14, 1938
Succeeded by
Antonio C. Gonzalez
Preceded by
Boaz Long
United States Minister to Nicaragua
9 June 1938–27 February 1941
Succeeded by
Pierre de L. Boal

This biographical information was gathered from the Meredith_Nicholson page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

Books

Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
A Hoosier Chronicle
The House of a Thousand Candles
Lady Larkspur
The Port of Missing Men
A Reversible Santa Claus

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